Hardcover large book of 312 pages || 220 x 255 x 50 mm || Text by: April Dolkar, Václav Dejčmar, Otto Flores Sáenz, Mnislav Zelený and Vanda Skálová || The Man between The Forest, The Lake, The Drug and The City... He began as an expressive painter in the 1980s, and was considered one of the biggest talents of his generation. From his Central European roots he draws his relationship towards symbolism, mystical decadence, surrealistic expression and new figural painting. In 1993 he visited Peru for the first time and has been returning ever since transforming his first-hand knowledge and personal experience into striking works of art distinctive in their style and creative energy inspired by shamanic rituals of the Shipibo tribe.

Stu Mead's paintings touch the art world at a tangent. Not that he's exactly an outsider, having received a formal art education. But the Berlin-based American has a bigger reputation in "underground" culture than on the established art scene. Maybe that's because his paintings are unabashedly (one could even say sincerely) about their subject matter rather than about art. (Barry Schwabsky)

The Immortal Man Bag Journal of Art | Complete collection of printed editions. Featuring Man Bag No.6 for the first time | Text about the adventurous history of Man Bag written by Frank Gaard and Stu Mead | Extended by a photographic documentary section | Official release date is March 17 2017. | All that on more than 160 pages on fine heavyweight white and creamy paper. | 15 x 21 x 2 cm